Lingui District () is the county seat and district administered by Guilin, Guangxi, China, and located midway between Guilin and Yangshuo. The district is mostly rural and hilly, marked by the same dramatic karst topography for which Guilin is famous. Tourist attractions include Snake World, Xiongsheng Tiger and Bear Village, and Crocodile Kingdom.
The district is also known as a center of luohan guo ( Siraitia grosvenorii) production.
Olympic diver Li Ting is a native of Lingui.
World record holding Olympic weightlifter Shi Zhiyong is also a native of Lingui.
History
The
Shiji and
Hanshu state that around 104 BCE, the
Han dynasty first built fortifications west of the district of Lingui and established the province of
Jiuquan (in modern-day
Gansu) to facilitate a safe route to
the lands of the northwest along the
Silk Road.
[Hill (2009), p. 64.] As a result, more and more envoys were sent through this territory to
Parthia,
Yancai,
Lixuan,
Tiaozhi, and
Shendu.
Administrative divisions
The district administers 9 towns and 2 ethnic townships:
- Towns
Lingui Town (临桂镇),
Liutang (六塘镇), Huixian (会仙镇), Liangjiang (两江镇), Wutong (五通镇),
Sitang Town (四塘镇),
Zhongyong Town (中庸镇),
Nanbianshan Town (南边山镇),
Chadong Town (茶洞镇)
- Ethnic Townships
Wantian Yao Ethnic Township (宛田瑶族乡), Huangsha Yao Ethnic Township (黄沙瑶族乡)
Climate
Footnotes
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Hill, John E. (2009) Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. .
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